The 32-year-old made his England bow 12 years ago but was frequently on the periphery of Test and limited-overs squads and did not play a single international between February 2011 and June 2015.

“I’m quite comfortable in my own skin with England now,” he said. “I feel in a good place and I feel like I deserve to be in the 11, which is always nice.

“I’ve felt in a good place these last 18 months. In the last few years even when it didn’t go well you’ve got the backing to play, which maybe I didn’t have previously.

“It’s good to have that feeling and it would be great to be the number one wicket-taker. I’ve never been in that situation before for England and it would be great to achieve that but also good to win the series.”

“I’ve got the plan to hit the pitch hard, the odd bouncer, and if people are hitting me from there, fair enough. I don’t look to change too much early. If people start moving around I might throw in a few slower balls or whatever but I enjoy the role of getting my groupings together and whacking the pitch.”

The Windies lost a compelling Test series to England but, having completed wholesale personnel change for the limited-overs leg of the tour, drew first blood with a 21-run win at Chester-le-Street.

As he so often has done, big-hitting veteran Chris Gayle set the tone with a boundary-strewn 40, and the tourists’ prospects may rise and fall on his shoulders.

“He’s such a good player he just hits the ball out of the park wherever he wants.

“But it’s good they have their experienced players back, a lot of stars, and that’s what you want to play against.

“You want to beat the best they can bring over. In one-dayers we’re a good team, we haven’t won any silverware obviously but in terms of the last two years with the amount of games and series we are a confident team. We feel like we should beat them.”